Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Having separate expander means – Having securing element projecting through aperture in sleeve
Patent
1995-06-05
1997-12-30
Meyers, Steven N.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Having separate expander means
Having securing element projecting through aperture in sleeve
411 24, 411 29, 411 26, 411 32, F16B 1304
Patent
active
057022151
ABSTRACT:
A fastener for securing two members together through an aligned bore in the two members, the fastener comprising a longitudinally extending body having at least one opening adjacent each of respective ends thereof, the body having a central bore hole, a threaded shaft concentrically disposed in the central bore hole and having opposite threads at each end, with a rotation applying member at an accessible end, a nut provided on each of the opposite threads in threaded engagement with the respective thread, at least one longitudinally extending engaging finger attached to each of the nuts and disposed adjacent a respective one of the openings, the fingers being adapted to extend through the respective opening when the shaft is turned in a first direction to cause the nuts to move toward each other, thereby causing the fingers to engage, when the openings at each end are disposed in the aligned bore adjacent different ones of said two members to be secured together, with respective ones of said two members, thereby securing the two members together.
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Conley Fredrick
Li Medical Technologies Inc.
Meyers Steven N.
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